Amusement device



Sept. 1, 1925.

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W. A TRATSCH AMUSEMENT DEVI CE Filed April 4, 1925 4 Sheets-Sheet 4INVENTOR YWZiC KA. j m

A T; ORNE Y Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES WALTER A. TRA'ISGH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed April 4, 1925. Serial No. 20,655.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known "that I, WALTER A. TRATSCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Amusement Devices; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates toan amusement device comprising acoin-controlled pistol, and has for it object to provide an apparatus ofthis character which will be simple in construction and more efficientin use. than those heretofore proposed.

With these and otherobjects in view the invention consists in the noveldetails of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafterdisclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of this specification, inwhich like numerals designate like parts in all the views Figure 1 isadiagrammatic plan view of an apparatus made in accordance with thisinvention;

Figure 2 is a side elevational View, with parts broken away, of theapparatus shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the pistol shown in.Figure 1,with the cover plate removed; I 1

Figure 4 is a detail elevational view of the mechanism for feeding ballsto the pistol; l

Figure 5 is a partial elevational view of some of the parts shown inFigure 3, and. particularly those parts of the device controlling thecoin register;

Figure 6 is a side elevational view partly in section of some of theparts shown in Figurei3, with parts of the mechanism removed;

Figure 7 is a side elevational view with the cover plate removed of thecoin slot and the operating slide;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary detail eleva-.

tional view of some of the parts illustrated in Figure 3, in an advancedstep of operation' Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 8 showmg theparts in a still further advanced operative posltion;

-clined floor 4 provided with the groove 5 adapted to insure the returnof the balls 6 to the pistol 10 secured to the mounting 11, in saidcabinet 1. This mounting 11 is provided with the bearings 12 adapted toreceive the trunnions 13 secured to the cover plates 14 on each side ofthe pistol 10 to protect the operating mechanism thereof.

Thus it will be seen that the pistol 10 is mounted for oscillation in avertical plane about the trunnions 13 as a center. A stop, pin 15secured to one of the cover plate; 14, serves to limit the degree ofvertical oscillation in one direction, thus preventing a ball 6 fromrolling forwardly out of the barrel of the said pistol before beingintentionally fired therefrom. The mounting 11. is secured, as by thepivot fastening 16, to the base 17 of the cabinet 1. By such a mountingas above disclosed, the pistol 1O besides its. vertical oscillation maybe swung in a horizontal plane about the pivot 16 as a center.

Referring more particularly to Figure 3, the pistol 10 comprises thebarrel 20 provided with the bore 21 adapted to slidingly receive thecylindrical casing or plunger 22 provided with the enlarged head 23working in the enlarged bore 24 at the handle end of the pistol 10. Thehead 23 of the plunger 22 contacts in its forward movement with theshoulder 25 which serves as a stop there-- for.

The plunger 22 has the internal bore 30 to receive the compressionspring 31 and the rod 32 whose enlarged head 33 is secured to the pistol10 as by the locking pin 34. From the foregoing, it will readily be seenthat when the enlarged head 23 of the plunger 22 is drawn backward or tothe right, as seen in Figure 3, the rod 32 being rigidly secured to vthe pistol 10, will compress the spring 31 in said member 22. Upon therelease of the head 23 from said spring tension, the plunger 22 will flyforward or to the left, as seen in said Figure 3, and project one oftheballs,

such as indicated at A, out of. the pistol.

Ri 'd with the barrel 20 and immediately there eneath is a web 40serving as a frame upon which is mounted the several operating elementsof the pistol, and to the raised edge 41 of said web or frame is securedthe cover plates 14 protecting said operating mecha- On one side of the.pistol 10, see Figure 7,

there is provided a cut-away portion forming a coin passage or chutehaving the vertically disposed portion 50 for the insertion of a coin,and the portion 51 extending forwardly and downwardly from the base ofend of said lever 56 below the point 60 of the the passage andcommunicating with a chute illustrated as at 52 leading to any suitablecoin-receiving box or chamber (not shown). Communicating with anddirectly above the passage 51 is a chamber 55 in which is located alocking lever 56 pivoted as at 57 to the frame 40 of the pistol andcontrolled, as by the spring 58, so as to normally locate the lowercorner 59 of the free moving coin chute 50 for a purpose as willpresently appear. The point of, the chamber 55 properly limits thedownward movement of the lever 56, all as willbe clear from Figure Theframe 40 is provided with the slideway 67 in alignment with the coinpassage 51 and to the other side of the coin chute 50,

coin of the proper size or denomination in the receiving slot 50, theupper and forwardly disposed corner 7 5 of said slide would travel tothe right, as seen in said fig ure until it was stopped by the lower end59 of the locking lever 56, as illustrated in'dotted lines. Theoperating parts of the pistol are so arranged and dimensioned that thepistol can not be fired until the advancing corner 75 of said slide haspassed the lower point 59 of the locking lever. On the other and, if acoin of the right size, such as indicated at B in said figure, isdropped down the coin slot 50 and-the slide 70 then moved forwardly asabove described, the coin B will I be forced by said slide along thepassage 51.

But, as will be readily observed from the drawings, during this movementof the coin B andthe slide 70, the advancing arcuate edge of the saidcoin will contact with and raise the end 59 of the locking lever 56,pass thereunder, and support said lever in elevated position thusallowing the advancing corner of said slide to pass beneath the corner59 of said locking lever, whereupon .tions 92 of said-lever. moved 'tothe full extent of its movement, 125

the further and continued movement of the slide 7 0 will unlock themechanism and permit the operation of the pistol to fire the balls 6therefrom. Secured to one wall of the chute 50 and disposed in the pathof 7'" movement of an inserted coin, is a thin leafi spring 76, whosecurved end 77 projects into the passage 51 and serves to prevent the'retraction of a coin after the same has assed the point 59 of thelocking lever 56. i s will 7 be evident from Figure 7, the coin B; afterpassing the locking lever 56 will roll, under the action of gravity,down the inclined passage 51 and through the passage 52 to thecoin-receiving box (not shown). The slide 80 70 is spring controlled, aswill be presently disclosed, and is adapted to return to its normalposition illustrated in full lines in Figure The web or frame40 isprovided with a slot 80, see Figures 3- and 7, through which extends apin 81 rigidly secured to the slide 70 and engaging at its outer end oneend of a lever 82 adapted to actuate the coin registering device ormeter 83 which may be of any suitable and well known type. The meter 83is secured to the forward end of the pistol, as by the bent plate 84,and has rigidly secured to the shaft 85 of said meter the crank 86provided with the pin 87 at its free end. The forwardly extendingend 88of the registering lever 82 is slidingly supported in a slot 89 in theplate 84, and said end 88 is recessed as clearly shown in Figure 3 toprovide a shoulder 90 adapted to. contact the pin 87 when said lever 82is moved in one direction, and another shoulder 91 adapted to contactsaid pin 87 when the lever is moved in the opposite direction, thedistance between the two shoulders 90 and 91 195 being of suflicientdimensions to properl actuate the metering device 83 when the ever 82 ismoved by the slide 7 O.

The lever 82 is further provided with an upstanding section having thespaced ser- 1 rations or teeth 92 located between the recess 93 on oneside and the recess 94 on the other side thereof. A, dog 95 pivoted, asat 96, to the plate 84 and controlled as by the spring 97, is adapted toengage the serrations 92 to compel a full forward stroke of the lever 82in order to operate the metering device 83,\ all as will be readilyunderstood. That is to say, when a coin is inserted and the slide 70moved forwardly as above de scribed, the lever 82 will likewise be movedto theleft. as seen in Figure 3, whereupon the toe of the dog 95 willengage the serra- If the'slide 70 is not the said serrations 92 willcoact with the toe of said dog and prevent the lever 82, and of coursethe slide 70, from returning toits normal position, as shown in Figure7.- On

the other hand, if the lever 82 is not held no by the dog 95, said leverwill move forwardly, the toe of the dog 95 will fall into the recess 94,and the shoulder 91 of said lever will take against the pin 87 of themetering device, move the arm 86 associated therewith in acounterclockwise direction,

as seen in Figure 3, and thus register the coin that has been insertedin the pistol. When the lever 82 has been moved to its full forwardextent, the parts will be as illustrated in Figure 5. Upon the return of\the slide to its normal position, the lever 82 will likewise be movedin a reverse direction to that above described. During this returnmovement the toe of thedog will ride over the serrations 92, and dropinto the recess 93. The shoulder 90, in the backward movement of thesaid lever 82 will move the arm 86 of the metering device in theopposite direction, thus leaving the parts as showil in Figure 3..

In the handle of the pistol there is provided an upstanding lug adaptedto hold a helical spring, one end 101 of which is extended, as shown inFigure 3, to control the pin 81 carried by the slide 70 and theregistering lever 82. The other end 102 of said spring is extended, asshown, and controls the cocking lever 103, pivoted as at 104, andcarrying at its free end a head or latch 105 pivoted as at 106 to saidlever 103, and controlled as by the compressionspring 107. The latch10.5 is provided with an extension 108 adapted to engage the head 23 ofthe plunger 22 sliding in the barrel 20 of the pistol. The free end ofthe said latch 105 constitutes a heel 110, which, upon the rearwardmovement thereof, is adapted to contact with the cam surface 112provided at one end of a slot 114 in which said latch operates, saidslotcommunicating with the bores 21 and 24 of the barrel 20, all as willbe clear from said Figure 3. Upon the continued movement of the latch105, the cam surface 112 will force the heel thereof downwardly andcause the latch 105 to turn about its pivot 106 against the compressionof the spring 107, thereby releasing the tooth or extension 108 of saidlatch from its engagement with the head 23 of the plunger 22. When saidplunger is so released, the spring 31 contained therein, and which hasbeen compressed during this rearward movement, will cause said plungerto fly forwardly inthe barrel 20 of the pistol and project any ball suchas A from the pistol.

The cooking lever 103 is also provided with a dog 115 pivoted as at 116to said lever and controlled, as by the spring 117, carried thereby. Thetoe of this dog 115 is adapted to engage the teeth or serrations 120 ofan arcuate member 121 secured to the frame 40, in order to compel afullstroke of the lever 103, all as will be clear from Figures 3, 8, 9 and10. That is to say, as

will be readily understood, the cooking lever' 103 is compelled tooscillate through such an are as will cause the dog 115 carried therebyto clear the serrations 120 before the cylindrical member 22 serving asa plunger can propel a ball from the plstol.

Pivoted, as at 130, to the frame 40 is the trigger 131 provided with theusual finger piece having a rearward extension 132, the end of which isadapted to contact with and move the cockinglever 103. The trigger 131carries a pin 135 operating in the slot 136 of the lever137.constituting the pistol load ing device pivoted to the frame 40, asat 138; The loading lever 137 has a rearwardly extending portion 140,the end of which is engaged by one end of a spring 141 whose other endis secured to the frame 40 as at 142. The opposite end of the lever 137carries the lifting head 145, see Figures 3 and 4, provided with thesurface 146 so disposed as to engage one of the balls 6 and compel thesame to roll therefrom in the direction of the arrows in Figure 3 whensaid ball reaches the bore 21 of the barrel 20 of the pistol. The trough5 of the floor 4 of the amusement device is inclined downwardly towardthe pistol 10 and its end 150 is so disposed relative to said pistolthat the balls will roll from said trough 5 into the receiving tube 151oarried by the frame 40 of said pistol, as clearly shown in Figures 3and 4. The loading lever 137, it will thus be seen, is oscillated aboutits pivot 138 each time the trigger 131 is moved.

The number of shots that can be fired from the pistol 10 may becontrolled in any suitable way, but the following will describea simpleand efficient mechanism of control which has been found mostsatisfactory in.

connection with this type of pistol. There is provided a U-shapedreleasing lever pivoted tothe frame 40, as at 161, see Figures 6, 8, 9,10 and 11, the extreme end of one branch of which has an inclinedsurface 162 adapted to coact with the cam or in clined surface 163 of apin 164 which is disposed as shown, at the forward end of the operatinslide 70, said pin 164 extending throug a slot. 165 in the frame of thepistol so as to engage said cam surface 162. Thus it will be seen thatwhen the slide 70 is moved forwardly or to the right, as seen in Figure7, and the respective cam surfaces 163 and 162, thereof Will contact.Upon the further movement of the slide 70, the pin 164 carried therebywill force downwardly the end of the lever 160, oscillating the sameabout its pivot 161.

The free end of a pawl 168, pivoted as at 16.9 to the trigger 131, isV-shaped at its free end to provide a tooth'or promotion on the oneside, and the heel or projection 171 onthe other; The other branch 175of the U-shaped releasing lever 160 is adapted I to extend into the'Vnotch of the pawl 168,

and is provided at its extreme end with the vertically disposed detentor tooth 176, all as Will be clear from the drawings. The pawl 168 iscontrolled as by the spring 178, and the U-shaped lever 160 iscontrolled, as by i the spring 179.

Secured to the frame 40 is a channel memher 180 providing a guideway forthe slide 181, one edge of which has a plurality of serrations ornotches 182. The channel 180 has a slot 185 therein to receive the pin186 carried by the slide 181, and the bottom edge of said, channel 180is suitably cut away to allow the tooth 170 of the pawl 168- to engagethe notches 1820f said slide, all as will be clear from Figure 6. Aspring 190 has will be moved to the right as seen in Figure F 6, and thetooth 170 of said pawl will slip over the serrations forming the notches182. But the parts are so dimensioned that upon one complete pull of thetrigger 131, the tooth 170 of the said pawl will move but slightly morethan the distance between two ad acent notches. Therefore, it will beevident from the drawing that when the said trigger is pulled, seeFigure 6, the tooth 17 0 will move to the right as seen in said figure,

7 and due to the action of the control spring 178, cause said tooth toengage the next notch in the slide 181, or that notch indicated by" thenumber 195. Upon the release of the trigger 131, or upon the movement ofthe same to the left, as seen in Figures 6 and -9, said trigger willcause. the pawl 168 to force the slide 181 also to the left, asindicated by the arrows. In so doing, the tooth 176 carriediby theU-shaped lever 160 will be brought intoengagement with the first notchof the said slide 181 and the parts will be in the position shownin-Figure 9.

Upon the subsequent: movements of the tri ger 131, as above described,the slide 181 'wil be successively'moved notch by notch to the left, asseen in said figures, until the predetermi-ned number of shots allowedfor each coin inserted has been reached,' In the drawings,the slide 181is shown rovided with notches 182 sufiicient to allow ve shots from thepistol for each coin inserted. If so desired, the frame '40 may beprovided with any suitable means such as a plurality of screw-threaded'bores 197 so spaced that a threaded pin not shown may be inserted inany bore desired, to give a predetermined number of shots 'less than theaforemenn'ed five shots, for the coin inserted in the mechanism, as willbe readily apparent from Figure 6. It will be readily understood atingslide oscillates the U-shaped lever 70 160 to release said tooth 17 6from the last notch engaged thereby. When; this happens the extreme endof the branch 175 of said releasing lever will press against and forcedownwardly the heel or projection 171 of the pawl 168, and at the sametime will move thestooth 170 of said pawl out of engagement with thenotches 182.

In this respect, and with particular reference to Figures 9 and 11,- itwill be seen that when the tooth 17 6 is in engagement with any of thenotches 182, the-extreme end 162 of the U-shaped lever 160 is elevatedto such aposition that the pin 164 carried by the operating slide 7 0will not operate to oscillate the said U-shaped lever 160 and thusrelease the tooth 17 6 thereof from its holding position relative to theslide 181.

When the last predetermined shot is fired vfrom the pistol the forwardend of the slide 181 will be brought into contact with either the pininserted in oneof the threaded bore-s 197, or else the casing of thereceiving tube 151 for the returned balls.v The extreme end 198 of theslide 181 is such a distance from the first notch 182 of said slide,that, when said end 198 is stopped by contacting with the aforementionedpin or casing of the tube 151, the tooth 17 0 carried by the pawl 168will not only be unable to move said slide 181 any further, toward theleft as seen in Figure 11, but said pawl 168 will not have moved saidslide 181 from its last position a. distance equal to the distancebetween two successive notches 182. Therefore the parts will be in theposition illustrated in said Figure 11, inwhich it will be observed thatthe tooth 176 carried by the releasing lever 160 will not lie completelyin one of the notches 182, but on the other hand, will be resting uponwhat may be termed the crest of a serration formed by said notches 182.The r sult of this arrangement of parts as wil be seen from said figureis to cause the extreme end 162,

of the releasing lever 160to'be positioned in the line of movementof'the pin 1641 carried by the operating slide 70. 7

Thus upon thefiring of thelast shot, the

mechanism will be locked. That is to say,

the slide 181, see Figure 11, is unable to move further forward and hasbeen stopped in such a position as to prevent the trigger 131 fromcoming forward to the limit of its movement. As a result pf thisposition of parts, it will be seen that the cooking lever 103, which isspring pressed against the rearward extension 132 (if said trigger, is

prevented from reaching its full forward position; The dimensionsof'parts is such that the toe of the dog 115 has not completely passedover the serrations 120 associated therewith and consequently anysubsequent pullon the trigger 131 would not be effective. This is sobecause the dog 115,

" in engagement with the serrations 120 pre lever 56, permitting theoperating slide 70 to pass the lower corner 59 thereof whereupon the pin164 carried by said slid 70 will contact the extreme end 162 of theunderside of the barrel 20 is suitably slottedreleasing lever 160oscillating the same about its pivot 161, whereupon the member .175 ofsaid releasing lever will depress the heel 171 of the pawl 168,whereupon the tooth 170 carried by said pawl 168 will be disengaged frombehind the last defective serration 200 of the slide 181 therebyreleasing said slide which will return under spring pressure to theposition shown in Figure 3.

This will allow the trigger 131 to be released from the position shownin Figure 11 whereupon the spring pressed. cocking lever 103 will bepermitted to complete its full forward stroke so that the tooth 108 ofthe latch head 105 may engage with the head 23 of the plunger 22. Themechanism is then ready to permit the predetermined number of ballsbeing fired from the pistol.

With special reference to Figures 3 and 4 it will be seen that theloading lever 137 is so dimensioned that its head 145 will traveldownwardly upon the r'ull pull of the trigger 131 to gu-ch a position asshown in Figure 4 whereupon one of the returned balls 6 will roll intothe tube 151 provided there for. Upon the release of the trigger 131 thesaid head 145 will be" forced by spring pressure upwardly as indicatedby the arrows in said figure thusJiftin-g the ball just received in thecasing 151 upwardly therethrough and delivered into the bore 21 of thebarrel 2O whereupon as shown in Figure 3, the said ball will roll in'the direction of the arrows and assume the position indicated at A incontact with the end of the plunger 22. The ball A will be fired fromthe pistol only u on the pulling of the trigger 131, but w hen' saidtrigger is pulled the head 145 of the, loadin lever 137 will traveldownwardly an so be out of the way of the ball A.when the same isprojected out of the barrel 20. The tube 151 as well as the to allow themovement of the head 145 just described. g It is obvious tha th se sk le in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangements ofparts without departing from the spirit of the invention and thereforeit isnot desired to be limited to the above disclosure except as may berequired by the claims.

What is claimed is: i

1. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device;a-trigger for actuating said propelling device; means for pivoting saiddevice for movement in horizontal plane; means for pivoting said devicein a vertical plane; means to unlock the propelling device; meanscomprising a notched slide to lock said propelling device; a targettoward which balls may be fired from said device; and means forautomatically returning the fired balls to said device.

2. In an amusement device the combination of .a propelling deviceincluding a plunger; a trigger for actuating said propelling device;means for pivoting'said device for movement in a horizontal plane; meansfor pivoting said device in a vertical plane; means to unlock thepropelling device; means? to lock said propelling device; a targettoward which balls may be fired from said device; and means forautomatically returning the fired balls to. said device.

3. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling deviceincluding a spring controlled plunger; a trigger for actuating saidpropelling device; means for pivoting said device for movement in =ahorizontal plane; means for pivoting said device in a vertical plane;means to unlock the propelling device; means to lock said propellingdevice; a target toward which balls may be fired from said device; andmeans for automatically returning the fired balls to said device.

. 4. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device; atrigger and a leverfor actuating said propelling device; means forpivoting said device for movement in a horizontal plane; means forpivoting said device in a vertical plane; means to unlock the propellingdevice; means to lock said propelling device; a target toward whichballs may be fired from said device; and means for automaticallyreturning the firedballs to said device.

5. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device; atrigger and a lever provided with a latch engaging said plunger foractuating said propelling device; means for pivoting said device formovement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting said device in avertical lane; means to unlock the propelling evice; means to lock said'ropelling device; a target toward which alls may be fired from saiddevice; and means 'for automatically retu n g he fire balls to saiddevice.

6. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device; atrigger and a full stroke compelling lever for actuating said propellingdevice; means for pivoting 5 said device for movement in a horizontalplane; means for pivoting said device in a vertical plane; means tounlock the propelling device; means to lock said propelling device; atarget toward which balls may be 1 fired from said device; and means forautomatically returning the fired balls to said device.

7 In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device; atrigger for 1 actuating said propelling device; means for pivoting saiddevice for movement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting saiddevice in a vertical lane; means to unlock the propelling device; meansto lock said propelling device; a target toward which balls may be firedfrom said device; means for automatically returning the fired balls tosaid device; and means to register the number of balls fired.

8. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device; atrigger for actuating said propelling device; means for pivoting saiddevice for movement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting saiddevice in a vertical plane; means to unlock the propelling device; meanstolock said propelling device; a target toward which balls may be firedfrom said device; means for automatically returning the fired balls to35, aid device; and means actuated by said unlocking means to registerthe number of balls fired.

9. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device; meansto actuate said propelling device; means for p voting said, device formovement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting said device in .a

said propelling device; means for pivoting said device for inovement ina horizontal plane; means for pivoting said device in a vertical plane;means comprising a spring pressed lever and a slideto unlock thepropellin device; means to lock said propelling evice; a target towardwhich balls may be fired from said device; and means .for'automaticallyreturning the firedballs to said device. I I 11. In an amusement devicethe combi' nation of a propelling device; means to actuate saidpropelling device; means for pivoting said devicefor movement in a hori'zontal plane; means for pivoting said device in a vertical plane; meanscomprising a spring pressed lever and a slide to unlock the propellingdevice; means to prevent the withdrawal of, an inserted coin from itsunlocking position; means to lock said propelling device; a targettoward which balls may be fired from said device; and means forautomatically returning the fired balls to said device.

12. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device; meansto actuate said propelling device; means fol pivoting said device formovement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting said device in avertical plane; means comprising ,a spring pressed lever and a slide tounlock the propelling device; means comprising a spring leaf to preventthe Withdrawal of an inserted coin from its unlocking position; means tolock said propelling device; a target toward which balls may be firedfrom said device; and means for automatically returning the fired ballsto said device.-

13. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device; meansto acuate said propelling device; means for pivoting said device formovement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting said device in avertical plane; means to unlock the propelling device; means comprisinga slide to lock said propelling device; a targettoward which balls maybe fired from said device; and means for automatically returning thefired balls to said device.

, 14:. In an amusement device the combinationof a propelling device;means to.

acuate, said propelling device; means for pivoting said device formovement in a horizontal plane; means for pivoting said de-. vice in averticalplane means to unlock the propelling device; means comprising, a

notched slide and a stop therefor to lock said propelling device; atarget toward which ballsmay be fired from said device; and means forvautomatically returning the fired balls to said device. i I

15. In an amusement device the combination of a propelling device; meansto actuate said propelling device; means for pivoting said device formovement in a horizontal plane; means tor pivoting said .de-

vice in a vertical plane; means to unlock the propelling device; meanscomprising a trigger actuated slide to lock said propelling .device; atarget toward which balls may be fired from said device and meansforautomatically returning .the fired balls to. said device. T

16. In a gun for use in an amusement oe vice, the combination of abarrel; a spring controlled plunger for propelling balls 011D of saidbarrel; pivoted means to place said plunger under tension; meanstorelease said tensioned plunger a trigger to actuate said vice, thecombination of a barrel; a

menses pivoted .means; trigger actuated means to feed a ball to saidbarrel; means to lock the propelling device; and means to unlock thesaid propelling device.

17 In a gun for use in an amusement device, the combination of a barrel;a spring controlled plunger for propelling balls out of said barrel;pivoted means comprising a lever and latch to place said, plunger undertension; means to release said tensioned plunger; a trigger to actuatesaid pivoted means; trigger actuated means to feed a ball to saidbarrel; means to lock the propelling device; and means to unlock .thesaid propelling device.

i8. In a gun for use in an amusement device, the combination of abarrel;a spring controlled plunger for propelling aballs out of said barrel;pivoted means comprising a spring controlled lever andlatch associatedtherewith to place said plunger under tension; means to release saidtensioned plunger; a trigger to actuate said pivoted means; means tofeed a ball to said barrel; means to lock the propelling device; andmeans to unlock the said propelling device.

19. In a for use inan amusement derm controlled plunger for propellingbal s out of said barrel; pivoted means to place said plunger undertension; means for compelling a complete stroke of said pivoted meansafter its operating movement has begun; means to release said tensionedplunger; a trigger to actuate said ivoted means; means to feed a ball tosaid arrel; means to lock the propelling device; and means to unlock thesaid propelling device.

20. In a gun for, use in an amusementvdevice, the combination of abarrel; a spring controlled plunger for propelling balls out of saidbarrel; a slot in said barrel; pivoted means operable in said slot toplace said plunger under tension; means'to release said tensionedplunger; a trigger to actuate said pivoted means; trigger actuated meansto feed a ball to said barrel; means to lock the propelling device; andmeans to unlock the said propelling device.

21. In a gun for use in an amusement device, the combination of abarrel; a spring controlled plunger for propelling balls out of saidbarrel; a slot in said barrel; pivoted means operable in said slot toplace said plunger under tension; means "carried by said pivoted meansto release said tensioned plunger; a trigger to actuate said pivotedmeans; trigger actuated means to feed a ball to said barrel; means tolock the propelling device; and means to unlock the said propellingdevice.

22. In a gun for use in an amusement device, the combination of abarrel; a spring controlled plunger for propelling balls out of saidbarrel ;a slot in said barrel; pivoted means operable in said slot toplace said plunger undertension; means carried by said p-ivotedmeans andcoacting with said tensioned plunger; a trigger to actuate said pivotedmeans; means to feed a ball toasaid barrel; means comprising a slide anda stop to lock the propelling device; and means to unlock thesaidpropelling device.

24. In a gun .for use in an amusement decontrolled plungerfor-propelling bal s out of said barrel; pivoted means to place saidplunger under tension; means to release said tensioned plunger; apivoted trigger to actuate said pivoted means; means to feed a ball tosaid barrel; means comprising a slide actuated by said trigger and astop to lock the propelling device; and means to unlock the saidpropelling device.

25. In a'gun for use in an amusement de- 1 vice, the combination of abarrel; a s ring controlled plunger for propelling bs out of saidbarrel; pivoted means to place said plunger under tension; means toreleasesaid tensioned plunger; a trigger to actuate said pivoted means;means to feed a ball to said barrel; means controlled by said trigger tolock-the propelling device; and means'comprising a slide and leveritounlock the said propelling device.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WALTER A. TRATSGH.

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